Wyndom Ransford is dying. Something he knew since he was very young. Yet, the passage of time has not led to acceptance, rather, it has begotten anger, desperation, and fear. Wyndom is unwilling to die and if the Gods won't give him a chance to change his fate, he will have to take it for himself. Hearing tell of an ever beating heart hidden deep within the sands of the Salana Desert, Wyndom leaves behind his crumbling noble estate on what may be the last journey he ever makes. Will he be able to brave hardened brigands, ancient tombs, freakish cults, and the vicious beasts of Salana? Or will the ever shifting sands swallow him up? As has been the fate of countless glory seekers before him.